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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 60 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Jan. 07, 2014
Nov. 30, 2006
Mar. 17, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Feb. 27, 2020
Apr. 30, 2015
Feb. 27, 2015
Jan. 07, 2013
Nov. 13, 2006
Dec. 31, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2010
Mar. 23, 2015
May 04, 2015
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity             $ 2,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity                
line of credit available increase to credit facility             1,000,000,000emc_Lineofcreditavailableincreasetocreditfacility                
Convertible Senior Notes 2013                              
Senior Notes                 1,725,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
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Stated interest rate                 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Cash payment to noteholders for outstanding principal of converted Notes 1,700,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfConvertibleDebt
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Shares issued to noteholders for the excess of the conversion value over the principal amount of converted Notes (in shares) 35us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleSecurities
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Value of the conversion value over the principal amount of converted Notes 858,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueConversionOfConvertibleSecurities
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Observation period 20 days                            
Convertible conversion ratio 62.6978us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1
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Conversion premium 26.50%us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentRate
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Conversion price per share               $ 15.95emc_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentPricePerShare
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Purchased Options                              
Purchased Options Remaining                   108emc_PurchasedOptionsRemaining
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Purchased options shares received 35emc_PurchasedOptionsSharesReceived
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Sold Warrants                              
Incremental common shares attributable to call options and warrants   215us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToCallOptionsAndWarrants
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Common stock at an exercise price   $ 19.55emc_StockExercisePricePerShare
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            $ 19.31emc_StockExercisePricePerShare
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Proceeds from issuance of warrants   391,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfWarrants
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Conversion premium based on the closing price   53.00%us-gaap_DebtConversionOriginalDebtInterestRateOfDebt
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Closing price per share                 $ 12.61emc_ClosingStockPrice
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Warrant                              
Warrants exercised     109,000,000us-gaap_WarrantsAndRightsOutstanding
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Exercised Warrants                              
Shares issues for exercised warrants     29us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesIssued1
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Long-term Debt                              
Unamortized discount       5,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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Effective interest rate       2.55%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
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Long-term Debt                              
Long term debt, aggregate principal                     5,500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Interest Rate Swap                              
Aggregate notional amount of interest rate swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges                         900,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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Losses on swaps at time of settlement, deferred                       176,000,000us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeChangesInNetGainLossFromCashFlowHedgesEffectNetOfTax
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Losses reclassified from other comprehensive income and recognized as interest expense       6,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
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Commercial Paper [Member]                              
Commercial Paper Maximum Borrowing Amount                           2,500,000,000emc_CommercialPaperMaximumBorrowingAmount
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Short-term Debt, Terms       The Commercial Paper will have maturities of up to 397 days from the date of issue                      
Scenario, Forecast                              
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date         Feb. 27, 2020                    
Line of Credit Facility, Description         At our option, subject to certain conditions, any loan under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate equal to, either (i) the LIBOR Rate or (ii) the Base Rate (defined as the highest of (a) the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, (b) Citibank, N.A.’s “prime rate” as announced from time to time, or (c) one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%), plus, in each case the Applicable Margin, as defined in the Credit Agreement                    
Subsequent Event | Commercial Paper [Member]                              
Proceeds from Issuance of Commercial Paper                             $ 950,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper
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Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate           0.1558%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
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Subsequent Event | Minimum | Commercial Paper [Member]                              
Short-term Debt, Terms           P0Y0M21D                  
Subsequent Event | Maximum | Commercial Paper [Member]                              
Short-term Debt, Terms           P0Y0M59D